Thursday, November 19, 2009

I'M OUT OF PETROL

I'll have to keep posting photos since I won't be able to eat much until next Tuesday. The other half of the tooth I've just had filled fell out last night. I hate dentists who do this and then have to take out the whole thing anyway when I asked her to do just that. She wanted to do a root canal and for that I'd only have to mortgage the house. So appointment on Monday morning and another shot of antibiotics.

The arm of my favourites glasses snapped off so I glued it back with 5 minute araldyte which unfortunately melted in the hot sun. OPSM pissed me off so I called in to a small shop in Mentone and they've gone to no end of trouble to help. If they can't find a replacement arm, he'll use special UV resistant glue which should work. The trouble is that being genuine Christian Dior, they have a special fixture which shows they're the real deal and you just can't shove any old arm on. So raspberries to OPSM, I'll be going here from now on.

Saw the Estate Agent today. Lordy, what a business but she said not to try and fix anything or spend money, the house will sell as is, for land value. Just a couple of papers from the solicitor and the sign goes up next week. She's hopeful that it will sell before Christmas with a settling at the end of February. We only have to move some of the big furniture out to show the space. She's looking for a tradie who will fix the old place up or someone who will knock it down and build a 2 storey town house. She was very delicate about the knocking down bit but we agreed to swing the first hammer blow. Even the BrickOutHouse said he'd rather see it pulled down than see someone else living there.

So it's shopping tomorrow, mother and lunch on Sunday, dentist on Monday, solicitor on Tuesday or Wednesday and Southland for mother's banking on Thursday. Friday I get to scratch myself. People with cars don't realize how long it takes to get anywhere by walking and busing. My feet are already hurting.

Stacks, never the strawberry, vile stuff but I don't mind the chocolate or vanilla which take a spoonful of coffee nicely. Every day I vow to bus it but after sticking my nose out the door, I ring a taxi. Last night I didn't realize how hot it was as I didn't so much as fall asleep as pass out.I'll be glad when this roundabout is over.

Oh yeah, half a packet of panadeine forte, the stuff with codeine in it, wait about an hour for it to work, then eat whatever you want. Repeat for each meal. Blast hell out of that dentist when you see her again.

Even if you could afford a root canal...NEVER EVER have one...if they introduce infection it can cause cavitation of the jawbone and that is a real issue...At my age with my teeth if in doubt rip it out...fill what you can...It cost me a fortune to have a root canal...they said it was that or lose the tooth then I wouldn't have enough to eat with on one side so they said I just had to have...then when it got infected it cost more to have a dentist remove it - not the same one...